Mrs. Vandemeyer shook her head. There was a strange gleam in her
electric-blue eyes.
"Not beautiful enough," she said in a soft dangerous voice.
"Not--beautiful--enough! And sometimes, lately, I've been
afraid.... It's dangerous to know too much!" She leaned forward
across the table. "Swear that my name shan't be brought into
it--that no one shall ever know."
"I swear it. And, once's he caught, you'll be out of danger."